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I T. SOHMIDTL V v PACKAGE BOX: No. 292,863. [Patented Feb! 6.. 1884.

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THEODORE SCHMIDT, OF DAYTON, OHIO.

PAC KAG E-BOX.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 292,863, dated February5, 1884. Application filed September 151 83. (No model.)

hereby declare that the following is a full,

clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains tovmake and use the same,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters ofreference marked thereon, which form a partof this specific.-

tion.

My invention relates to improvements in paper paekingboxes; and itconsists of interlocking the end and side laps on the top of the box,and in such manner that the contents tend to tighten rather than loosenthe package. The construction is such that the tucks of one side enterthe slots of the opposite, to bind them together, and the tucks of theend laps enter slots in the side laps,to hold the ends of the package inposition.

- The packi11g-boXisillustrated in the accompanying drawings, in whichFigure l is a View of the blank. Fig. 2 is a top view of the packing-boxwith one end open.

Like letters designate like parts throughout I the several views.

A represents a paper blank as it is prepared preparatory to folding andinterlocking of the sides and ends, with a View to forming a package-box, the object being to construct out of a and slots 9 g.

firm paper a box which will securely retain its contents. The paper iscreased, as shown by dotted lines at a a, b b, c c, and d (1. The lapEforms one side and top, the same having end laps, 7c, folded in on theends, tucks e e", The lap E, forming the other side and top, haslongitudinal slots 9' g and transverse slots 7: i, and also end laps, 7ck. The end laps, F F, are identical, each having two tucks, e e.

lVhen the paper blank is prepared as illustrated at Fig; 1, the boX isformed by turning in the end laps, then bringing the side laps togetherand putting the tucks e 6 into the slots z 2 Then the end laps arebrought over the top and the tucks e e and 0 6 enter slots 9 g and g gin the side laps, and then the package-box is complete.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent,

- fled, having side laps, E, with tucks e e and slots 9 9, lap E, withslots g and M, and laps F F, with each two tucks, e e and e e, andfourend laps, is, substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I aflix my signaturein presence of two witnesses.

THEODORE SCHMIDT.

